Kelly Atwood

Kelly attended Washington State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a minor in Theater. She has been an active producer, director, actor and costumer in the Wenatchee Valley for over 30 years and has worked with Music Theater of Wenatchee, Leavenworth Summer Theater, Chelan Valley Player, Wenatchee Follies, WVC foundation and the Wenatchee School District. Kelly is the Chairperson for the Apple Blossom Arts and Crafts Fair and her entire family devotes their whole weekend to that Event each year. She works for the Wenatchee School District as a Para Educator and Atwood Orchards. Kelly’s talent for costuming design, creation and alterations has over the years has made her a highly sought after part of our Valley and her stage experience has brought a new level of awareness.

Deanna Bollinger

Deanna is the owner of Nancy's Party Rentals and began volunteering with the Festival in 1992 when she started selling Festival T-shirts to all of the local banks for "Festival Fridays." She is the 2026 Recipient of the Leman Johnson Award for Volunteerism, was the 100th Festival Director General, and has also been a Director for Pageant, a Chairperson for the Auction, and volunteers for Youth Day, Youth Parade, Grand Parade, in the Beer Garden, Art 4 Kidz, and the Golf Tournament. She is the "Queen of Logistics" for Memorial Park.

She graduated from Central Washington University with a BA in Public Relations. Deanna loves to bring fluff and foof to all of the Apple Blossom Festival events and always does a great job! She has two daughters and lives in East Wenatchee.

Brad Bozett

Brad is a sales manager for Columbia Distributing in Wenatchee. Born and raised here in the Wenatchee Valley, he participated in many Apple Blossom parades dating back to 1972.

Brad married Lisa Pollock in 1989 and has been volunteering for Apple Blossom ever since, serving as Director General in 2021. He and Lisa have two children; Chase and Carly. Brad enjoys golfing, skiing, fishing, helping others, and rooting on his beloved Seattle Mariners.

Susan Cox

This is Susan's first year volunteering with the Apple Blossom Festival, and she is looking forward to the experience. Susan was born and raised in Wenatchee. She retired from Pioneer Middle School, where she taught seventh grade for 33 years. She graduated from WHS and Central Washington University. Susan has fond memories of Apple Blossom through the years, only missing a single parade in her 65 years. Apple Blossom remains a family event with her husband, Mike Cox, two daughters, their husbands, and six grandchildren.

Susan enjoys reading, babysitting the grandchildren, gardening, and spending weekends at her family cabin in Plain.

Sally Feil

Sally has been involved in the Festival since 2000, when she served as the Chaperone for the 2000 and 2001 Royalty, and was also involved in the cookbook fundraiser. Sally served on the Apple Pie Bake-Off Committee until it's end in 2018 and still is on the Visiting Royalty Committee. 

She and her husband, Dan are involved in running Bob Feil Boats and Motors in East Wenatchee and together they participate in East Wenatchee Rotary. She enjoys gardening in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter.

Darren Goehner

Darren was born and raised in the Wenatchee Valley. He attended school at Spokane Falls and Central Washington University where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing. Darren married his wife Janna in 1991 and they have two children, Karlee and Kassidi.

Darren is a Financial Advisor for DA Davidson & Co. He has been a longtime volunteer for the Apple Blossom Festival and is currently serving as co-chair for the Apple Blossom Auction. Darren also serves as a board member for the Les Schwab Community Toy Drive. In his spare time, Darren enjoys playing golf, fishing, collecting memorabilia and helping out with his son in laws race team.

Pat Lynn

Pat's involvement with the Festival began in 1996 when her daughter, Allison, was Princess. In 1999, she served as 1st Year Chaperone and then 2nd Year Chaperone in 2000. She was also the Junior Royalty Chaperone in 2001 and served 2 years on the Board from 2004 -2006. In 2017, Pat was named as the Co-Lehman Johnson Award winner.

Pat is very actively involved in her church, but spends most of her time doing what she loves ... being a Grandma.

Pat McDonald

Pat joined the Apple Blossom Family in 2005 as the first year Royalty Chaperone. Since then she has served on the board, the auction committee and the float committee. She served as Director General in 2014. She currently serves as the Chair of the float committee and volunteers during the festival where ever needed. The Apple Blossom Festival and all of the wonderful people who volunteer is an important part of her life

Malcolm McLellan

Malcolm has been an Apple Blossom volunteer since 1998, serving as the Festival's Legal Consultant, and serving on the Festival's Board of Directors from 1998 through 2000. Malcolm earned a BA in Economics from the University of Washington and his law degree, cum laude, from Gonzaga University. Malcolm is a member of the Van Ness Feldman law firm in Seattle, Washington; previously, he was a partner with the Davis, Arneil law firm in Wenatchee.

He has considerable experience representing non-profit corporations, and representing clients in the areas of energy, commercial and fisheries law.

Tim Meyer

Tim and his lovely wife Alice joined the Wenatchee Applarians in 2018. Having grown up in the Wenatchee area with a career as an apple & cherry orchardist, he looks forward to celebrating the festival each year. Tim is a father of four children and a grandfather to 5. Now retired, he enjoys golf, spending time with friends, traveling with Alice, visiting presidential libraries, and attending college football bowl games. Tim is the founding choral director of GladSong, a rock-n-roll show choir that raises money for local charities.

Amy Moubray

Amy has been volunteering for the Festival since 2008 and was the 2019 Pageant Director. She is the Entertainment Chairperson and has also worked on the Youth Parade, Grand Parade, Prime Seating Committees, as well as other Festival week activities. Amy has a BA in Communications and a Marketing minor from Washington State University. She is also an active member of the Wenatchee Central Lions Club, and the North Central Washington Association of Realtors!

Amy is a loan officer at Evergreen Home Loans, and in her spare time enjoys spending time with her husband Drew and their four children at their “slice of heaven” in Conconully. Her kids keep her extremely busy with multiple sports and activities ... and she wouldn’t have it any other way! In fact, her favorite part of Apple Blossom is volunteering alongside her older two daughters for the Youth Parade each year, it’s become a tradition!

Brian Sand

Curt Ulrich

Curt grew up in Yakima then attended Central Washington University.  He has lived in Wenatchee with his wife Cindy, and two children, Cade and Courtney for over twenty five years and is a District Compliance Manger for the Washington State Department of Revenue.  Curt began volunteering with the festival in 2008 by Co-Chairing the Apple Pie Eating Contest now the Funnel Cake Eating Contest. Curt has also served on the Apple Blossom Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and is a Starter for the Grand Parade.

Claudia Wiggins

Claudia’s involvement with the Apple Blossom Festival began in 1997 when her daughter Stacia was crowned Queen. Claudia served on the Apple Blossom Board of Directors in 2011 and 2012, and was the Junior Royalty Chaperone in 2013 and 2014. She was also the 2014 Apple Blossom Art Print Artist. Claudia enjoys judging the Art 4 Kidz entries! 

She loves oil painting and the outdoors with her husband Keith. They have 3 children and 8 wonderful grandchildren! 

Debbie Wirth

Deb grew up on a hop farm in the Yakima Valley. She majored in Sports Management and Business at Washington State University and is a very loyal Coug. She worked for the WSU Athletic Marketing Corporate Director for 20 years, coordinating pre-game Cougar Mania events. She recently retired after 14 years from Eastmont High School as the Athletic Director Assistant and Apple Blossom Advisor for the last 7 years. Deb also worked at Wenatchee Schools for 16 years prior to working at Eastmont and helped with the Apple Blossom Top Ten Selection there as well. She is very excited to continue her involvement with the Apple Blossom Festival community.

Deb and her husband, Bill, moved to East Wenatchee in 1991. They own Precision Seed Production and have two sons (Nolan and Max), a daughter-in-law (Lindsey), and one granddaughter (Avery). Deb enjoys going to sporting events, gardening, working out, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.